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^ Tw-"ia who visit the University of Illinois campus. The Council tries to bring the alumnae of the deportment of home economics closer together. President: clubs and representatives from the different classes make up the Council •ilfHWMWHH Many, Varied Jobs Available For Home Economics Grads Personal rewards for the girl wlio chooses home economics are matched by no other training. She i^ ready for a professional career and also has the best preparation for one of the most important of all* careers—that of homemaking. If she wishes to combine a working career with marriage, she can easily turn her knowledge and skills to accotfnt outside of her home. If she wishes to return to work after her family is established, her experience in running her own home usually is an asset rather than time lost from a carter and she has many opportunities to combine a part-time position with her duties at. home. The young woman with a home economics degree has a good gen' oral education, including English, the sciences, psychology, languages aiid art when she graduates. She has also studied nutrition as well as the buying, preparation, and ^ryice of food.* ?ij : She knows about fashion and the rare and testing of textiles as well as sewing; about interior decoration as well as the use of the newest .home equipment. She knows about budgeting for family security and about buying a home and buying insurance. She has information about child care and child development, family relations, and a .great deal about good citizenship! 7 Training in home economies can open the doors of an almost unlimited number of fields to a girl Counties Offer Scholarships! For Home Ec who is alert and interested in learning. These range from expert management of of her own home to teaching, publishing, advertising, merchandising, welfare work, Every he and institution management—even today has radio and television broadcasting. to six job i graduates. ' rapidly and tiifte high. Home Prepa For H County scholarships paying tuition fees for the four years of college are available to students entering the University of Illinois to study home economics. The basis for awarding the scholarship is a competitive examination and students in the upper 50 per cent of their high school class or with a 3.5 average from another college are eligible to take the examination. The examination will be given on Saturday, April 27, 1957, at the county seat in each county. Girls interested in taking the test should notify the County Superintendent of Schools in advance. Another county scholarship available to all freshmen students is the General Scholarship. It pays the tuition fees for the four years of college and the student may select the area for study. The basis for awarding the scholarship is the competitive examination. nois had 7 economics those, 459 w Bachelor's for graduat grees, Simil; of all other thq United while mo choosing ca nomics each trained wor exceed the i the acute s: economies tr women for < factory of all meat of thei Graduates vftl The reeon to 85 percei degrees in h within two graduation. them marry 1 Another n growing d e trained in he business and nixing the in and training establishing loxyships for orcjer to uuiu economists to The list of one. The usui in* dietetics fav> from beh workovs are i concerned \yi
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